Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: how did the Otter disappear at the picnic in chapter I?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, do, disappear · To what, where: Otter, picnic

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 disappear	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Otter	det
7	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 picnic	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 picnic	det
11	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disappear	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 chapter	case
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 picnic	conj
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 chapter	nsubj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 disappear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past		the Otter		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent otter=Eventuality
3	disappear	present	Looking		the picnic and chapter	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

He sank down after a fish with a splash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sank	nsubj
2	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 sank	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 fish	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fish	det
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sank	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 splash	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 splash	det
9	splash	splash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink down	past	He				after a fish	with a splash; down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with splash=Instrument

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He dived after a May-fly with a loud splash and was gone for a long time into the water

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dived	nsubj
2	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	7 fly	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fly	det
5	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fly	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 May	punct
7	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 splash	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 splash	det
10	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 splash	amod
11	splash	splash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fly	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gone	cc
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 gone	cop
14	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dived	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 time	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gone	obl
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 water	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 water	det
21	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	past	He			the water	after a May fly with a loud splash		vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Location
2	is	past	He not said here				time	gone property	tree rules

Option 3

He dived after a May-fly — «cloop!» — and then climbed a tree and was gone from sight.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dived	nsubj
2	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	7 fly	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fly	det
5	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fly	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 May	punct
7	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
10	cloop	cloop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fly	appos
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	16 climbed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 climbed	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 climbed	advmod
16	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dived	parataxis
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 tree	det
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 climbed	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 gone	cc
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 gone	cop
21	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 climbed	conj
22	from	from	ADP	_	23 sight	case
23	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gone	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	past	He			after a May fly		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	climb	past		a tree		then		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
3	is	past			sight		gone property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He dived after a May-fly — «cloop!» — and was gone

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dived	nsubj
2	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	7 fly	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fly	det
5	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fly	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 May	punct
7	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
10	cloop	cloop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fly	appos
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 cloop	punct
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 dived	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gone	cc
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 gone	cop
16	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dived	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	past	He				after a May fly		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	past	He not said here					gone property	tree rules

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